USPTO Patents Application 09935776

Attorney's Docket No.: H0498/7154 TJO
^JS«B^' m THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Applicant: Charles M. Lieber et al.
Serial No.: 09/935,776
Filed: August 22, 2001

For: DOPED ELONGATED SEMICONDUCTORS, GROWING SUCH

SEMICONDUCTORS, DEVICES INCLUDING SUCH SEMICONDUCTORS
AND FABRICATING SUCH DEVICES

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING UNDER 37 C.F.R. §18(a)

The undersigned hereby certifies that this document is being placed in the WnjJpd States mail with first-class postage
attached, addressed to Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C. 2023 1 , on the /ffinlay of October, 200 1 .

Commissioner for Patents

Washington, D.C. 20231

TRANSMITTAL LETTER

Sir:

Transmitted herewith are the following documents:

[X] Preliminary Amendment
[X] Return Postcard

If the enclosed papers are considered incomplete, the Mail Room and/or the Application Branch
is respectfully requested to contact the undersigned at (617) 720-3500, Boston, Massachusetts.

No fee is believed due. If a fee is occasioned or if extensions of time are necessary, please
charge the balance to the account of the undersigned, Deposit Account No. 23/2825. A duplicate
of this sheet is enclosed.

Respectfully submitted,

Docket No.: H0498/7154 TJO
Date: October J^, 2001

Timothy J. Oyer; Keg. No. 36,628
WOLF, GREE#IELD & SACKS, P.C.
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Tel. (617)720-3500
Fax (617)720-2441

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Attorney's Docket No.: H0498/7154 TJO

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AppffWfintT Charles M. Lieber et al.
Serial No.: 09/935,776
Filed: August 22, 2001

For: DOPED ELONGATED SEMICONDUCTORS, GROWING SUCH

SEMICONDUCTORS, DEVICES INCLUDING SUCH SEMICONDUCTORS
AND FABRICATING SUCH DEVICES

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING UNDER 37 C.F.R. §1.8(a)

The undersigned hereby certifies that this document is being placed in the United States mail with first-class postage
attached, addressed to Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C. 2023 1 , on the Uplhlay of October, 200 1 .

JoanUE. Meagher A

Commissioner for Patents
Washington, D.C. 20231

PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT

Dear Sir:

Please amend the above-identified application as follows:

IN THE SPECIFICATION

Just prior to the "background of the invention", please insert the following new paragraph:

~ This invention was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research Contract Numbers
N00014-98-1-0499, N000 14-99- 1-0495, N000 14-00- 1-0476, andN00014-94-l-0302.
This invention was also sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant
Number 981226. The government has certain rights in the invention. ~

REMARKS

This is a preliminary amendment in which the Applicants acknowledge funding. No new matter
has been added.

If, for any reason, the Examiner is of the opinion that a telephone conversation with the
Applicants* representative would expedite prosecution, the Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned
at (617) 573-7851.

Respectfully submitted,

Timothy^
WOLF, GRElE^FIELD & SACKS, P.C.
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Tel. (617)720-3500
Fax (617) 720-2441

Docket No.: H0498/7154 TJO
Date: October \U ,2001